With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
Russell M. NelsonRead
Young men and women, your education is ever important - to us, to you, and to God.
Interpretation
Education is crucial for personal growth and spiritual growth.
In this quote, Russell M. Nelson emphasizes the significance of education not only for the individual's development but also for the benefit of society and spiritual fulfillment. He suggests that pursuing education is a responsibility that resonates with personal ambition, collective responsibility, and one's relationship with the divine.
In practice
In a graduation speech highlighting the importance of lifelong learning.
With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God.
Agency, or the power to choose, was ours as spirit children of our Creator before the world was. It is a gift from God, nearly as precious as life itself. Often, however, agency is misunderstood. While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequence of those choices. We are free to take drugs or not. But once we choose to use a habit-forming drug, we are bound to the consequences of that choice. Addiction surrenders later freedom to choose.
We live in a time of turmoil. Earthquakes and tsunamis wreak devastation, governments collapse, economic stresses are severe, the family is under attack,_x000D_ and divorce rates are rising. We have great cause for concern. But we do not need to let our fears displace our faith. We can combat those fears by strengthening our faith.
As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.
Each daughter of God is of infinite worth because of her divine mission.
Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.
A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching.
Most people won't realise that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.
I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher
Universities think people come up with great ideas by closing the door. The academic tenure process, where you have to publish to journals which are very narrow, stands in the way of great research.
My wish is to help design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and work together. Help me build the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can embark on intellectual adventures by engaging and connecting with information and mentoring online. I also invite you, wherever you are, to create your own miniature child-driven learning environments and share your discoveries.
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